why are the great plains so great?
Well, the Great Plains are shared by both Canada and the U.S, only the U.S owns most of it. The states that make up the Great Plains are; Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. The Canadian territories that make up the Great Plains are; Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Canadian plains are what we prairie dawgz are focusing on. This picture will give you an idea:
The Canadian part of the Great Plains is often referred to as the Canadian prairies. These prairies are one of the world's major farming areas, producing wheat in the southern parts and beef cattle in Alberta and Saskatchewan. In the great prairies you will come across 3 main grassland types if you are traveling across them. These are; mixed prairie, tall grass prairie, and short-grass or fescue prairie. The differences between these are that the tall grass prairie is all but one percent turned into cropland. The only remains are in Manitoba. Mixed grass is what you will mostly see stretching from Canada all the way down to Texas. And, Fescue prairies occur in the northern parts of the prairies in northern Alberta. This map shows the different grassland areas, rivers, lakes, cities, and parks in each territory. Each territory has different characteristics: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
Due to recent oil production in the Canadian prairie the population has increased drastically in all 3 territories.
Alberta
• 4th most populated territory
• population: 3,455,062
• percentage of national population: 10.5%
• land area: 642,317 km²
Manitoba
• 5th most populated territory
• population: 1,182,921
• percentage of national population: 3.6%
• land area: 553,556 km²
Saskatchewan
• 6th most populated territory
• population: 990,212
• percentage of national population: 3.0%
• land area: 591,670 km²
Well I hope this was a very exciting description of the Canadian Praires geography and demographics.
